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![Kmart started remodeling stores to the "Orange" prototype in 2006. The interior is orange and brown with lower shelving heights to create better sight lines. The remodeled stores contain an appliance department with Kenmore Appliances, a brand exclusive to Sears and now Kmart. The hardware department sells Craftsman tools, another exclusive Sears and now Kmart brand.[10] Some auto centers left vacant by Penske after Kmart filed for bankruptcy have been converted to Sears Auto Centers. As of 2009, approximately 280 stores have been remodeled and feature the current Kmart logo on the exterior of the building.In August 2009, Sears Holdings opened its first Sears-branded appliance store inside a Kmart. The 4,000 sq ft (370 m2) store-within-a-store opened inside the former garden department of a Birmingham, Alabama Kmart. It is two-thirds the size of the appliance department in most Sears stores, but larger than the 2,500 sq ft (230 m2) appliance department in remodeled Kmart stores.In October 2009, it was reported that Kmart and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia failed to come to a new agreement. This came after Stewart made remarks on CNBC that her line at Kmart had deteriorated, particularly after the Sears merger.In November 2009 Kmart reported its first year-over-year sales increase of 0.5% since 2005, and only the second such increase since 2001.](images/Click%20Banner.gif "Makeup, Cosmetics, Bath and Body, Jewelry, Skincare, Haircare, Fragrance, Fashion, Gifts")
